UPMC For Reference Only PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 2014

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1 Summary of Services and Availability (by location) Each location has sufficient space, equipment, staffing and financial resources in place or available in sufficient time as required to support each requested privilege. On an ongoing basis, the organization consistently determines the resources necessary for each requested privilege related to the facility's scope of service. Please review the following Summary of Services and Availability by Location prior to making your selections. If a facility is specifically identified below as NOT having a privilege/service available, you will NOT be considered for that privilege at that individual facility. Any request made that is identified as not available at an individual site will be considered Not Applicable for that site(s), and will be identified as such on your final approved Delineation of Privileges form. x means Privilege is Available at that location. C means contractual arrangement restricts granting this privilege. N/A means Privilege Not Available at that location. Facility Codes: = Hamot Privilege CORE SCOPE OF PRACTICE Endotracheal Intubation Reduction of Dislocated Joints Reduction of Minor Dislocated Joints Not Requiring Sedation Insertion of chest tubes and pigtail catheters Removal of chest tubes and pigtail catheters Insertion of CVP lines catheters Removal of CVP lines catheters Insertion of PICC lines Removal of PICC lines

2 Page 2 of 7 Umbilical Arterial/Venous line placement Lumbar Puncture N/A Myelogram N/A N/A Thoracentesis Paracentesis Arthrocentesis (Joint Aspiration) N/A Fluoroscopic procedures and guidance (To Include UGI, BE and N/A Others) (Certificate Required) N/A Bone Marrow Aspiration and Bone Marrow Biopsy N/A Bone Marrow Harvest N/A N/A Fine Needle Aspiration Aspiration of abscesses, cysts, seromas of peritoneum, soft tissue, muscle, and extremities Incision/drainage/closure of skin Shunt taps including ventricular reservoir Bladder Instillation Assist in the Operating Room and Procedural Areas for Procedures

3 Page 3 of 7 Within Supervising Physician s Granted Privileges Harvesting of Vein (Radial And Saphenous) Grafts for use as an Arterial Graft, Includes Graft Closure Clinical clearance of cervical spines in trauma patients N/A N/A Pacer wire removal Subungual Hematoma Drainage Program/reprogram adjustable shunt valves Botox Injections Baclofen Pump Refills, Pump Analysis and Reprogramming Intrathecal Injection of Baclofen N/A N/A Baclofen Pump Dye Studies N/A N/A Rectal Tube Placement and Irrigations Rectal Dilations and Upsizing Colposcopy of Genital Tract Cryotherapy of Cervix/Warts Pelvic Examination under Anesthesia N/A N/A Tympanocentesis

4 Page 4 of 7 Intraosseous Needle Placement and Intraosseous Administration of Drugs Administration of anxiolytics (PALS or ACLS Certificate Required) Assist Anesthesiologist in performing single injection peripheral nerve blocks Assist Anesthesiologist in performing continuous peripheral nerve blocks Documentation of Code Status Insertion of Pulmonary Artery Catheter Manipulation of Pulmonary Artery Catheter Urgent cardioversion in the critical care unit limited to patients with hemodynamic compromise and secure airway Change established Tracheostomy tube Tracheostomy decannulation Insertion of arterial catheters: sites include radial, femoral, and brachial Initiation of transcutaneous pacing or pacing via epicardial wires and adjustment of settings Emergency defibrillation or cardioversion (ACLS or PALS Certificate Required) Elective cardioversion assisted by a physician with moderate sedation privileges Removal of percutaneously inserted intra-aortic balloon pump

5 Page 5 of 7 N/A Nuclear medicine shuntogram studies N/A N/A Intrathecal administration of chemotherapy N/A N/A Prescribe narcotic medicines (DEA Required) Application, Modification, Removal of plaster, Window, and Bivalve casts, splints, and slings Declare death/time of death Obtain informed consent for blood, blood products and procedures institutionally privileged to perform N/A Ordering of chemical and physical restraints N/A N/A EVD removal with placement of sutures Flushing of EVD Hyperbaric oxygen therapy N/A N/A Skin biopsy Electrodessication and curettage Intralesional, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections Cryotherapy Skin excisions

6 Page 6 of 7 Skin cultures Patch testing Electro heat and cautery Curettage Excisional (sharp) debridement Telemedicine SPECIAL PRIVILEGES ONLY FOR NEONATAL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS Privilege Endotracheal Intubation Bladder Tap Administration of procedural sedation and analgesia for the neonatal population (Neonatal or Pediatric ALS Required) N/A Care of Patients on ECMO under of Neonatology N/A Faculty N/A DEGREE OF SUPERVISION (P): A physician must be in attendance in the room during the performance of the procedure. (D): The physician must be present in the procedural suite and immediately available to furnish assistance and direction throughout the performance of the procedure. It does not mean that the physician must be present in the room when the procedure is performed.

7 Page 7 of 7 (G): The procedure is furnished under the physician s overall direction and control, but the physician s presence is not required during the performance of the procedure. Under general supervision, the training of the nonphysician personnel who actually performs the diagnostic procedure and the maintenance of the necessary equipment and supplies are the continuing responsibility of the physician. Revised: 12/9/14